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Screening Pneumonia Patients for Mimivirus1

Published Date:

Mar 2008

Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 14(3):465-467.

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Personal Authors:

Dare, Ryan K. ; Chittaganpitch, Malinee ; Erdman, Dean D. ;

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Description:

Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus (APM), a virus of free-living amebae, has reportedly caused human respiratory disease. Using 2 newly developed real-time PCR assays, we screened 496 respiratory specimens from 9 pneumonia-patient populations for APM. This virus was not detected in any specimen, which suggests it is not a common respiratory pathogen.

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Journal Article

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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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